A 28-year-old woman in the U.K. is living with nutcracker syndrome, causing chronic pain on one side of her body. After years of suffering and misdiagnoses, she finally received a proper diagnosis. Despite undergoing multiple procedures, her pain persists, and she is now seeking a complex surgery to relieve the compression causing her pain. The surgery is not covered by the UK’s NHS, so she is raising funds through GoFundMe. The rare condition, nutcracker syndrome, occurs when the left renal vein is compressed between major blood vessels. If left untreated, it can lead to serious complications, including infertility and severe chronic pain.
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Rare Nutcracker Syndrome Puts 28-Year-Old In Excruciating Pain For Nearly A Decade, Docs Initially Dismissed It As Bad Periods
